The machine has been designed to measure strength of metallic
materials and study the various reactions they undergo when subject
to different stresses, verifying the same with the following tests:
– Tensile test
– Shear test
– Compression test
– Flexural test
– Brinell hardness
This machine is primarily for educational purposes
and intended for the use in higher educational
institutes or universities and allows students of material
science to have a hands-on approach to applications so
far studied at a theoretic level only.
Components of the machine:
– 30 kN (160 bar) manometer
– 50 mm full scale analog dial indicator
– 250 bar pressure transducer
– 50 mm travel displacement transducer
– 8-channel digital indicator
Power supply: 230V 1ph 50-60Hz 70W
Dimensions: 600x600x850 mm
Weight: 60 kg
ACCESSORIES THAT CAN BE USED IN THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE MACHINE
H017-05
TENSILE TEST
The equipment allows to perform tensile tests on steel samples
up to failure and serves to evaluate stress-strain diagrams of the
material comprising the sample and mainly to evaluate the following
parameters:
– Yield strength
– Proportionality limit
– Failure strength
– Elastic modulus
– Ultimate strength
The accessory includes: tensile heads for round samples and tensile
heads for flat samples.
H017-10
SHEAR TEST
The equipment allows to perform shear tests on 6 mm diameter
samples so as to determine strength:
T = F/S
F = value of measured force
S = value of sectional area
The shear strength of the sample may be
compared to its tensile strength.
The accessory includes: shear heads and
connecting rod.
ACCESSORIES THAT CAN BE USED IN THE LOWER CHAMBER
OF THE MACHINE
H017-15
COMPRESSION TEST
The equipment allows to determine the
mechanical properties of various materials,
using a spring as sample with the
constant factor K, given by the ratio
between the force applied and measured
via the manometer and the displacement
measured on the dial gauge, or using
anisotropic material to define the compressive
strength.
The accessory includes: two compression
platens and a distance piece.
H017-20
FLEXURE TEST
The equipment is used to determine material strength and maximum
deflection.
– F = applied force
– L = the distance between supporting bearers
The accessory includes:
two lower rollers, one upper
loading roller and lower
transverse.
H017-25
HARDNESS TEST
The equipment is used to determine
the capacity of a material to
resist when engraved, indented or
impressed and is useful for studying
materials subject to wear.
It is performed following the Brinell
method: the diameter of the sphere
used may be 10, 5, 2 or 1 mm.
The accessory includes: upper
hardness head and lower compression
platen.
The machine is manually controlled, while readings are both analog,
through the manometer and the dial indicator, and digital, through
the pressure transducer and the displacement transducer connected
to the digital indicator.
H009N
UTM2 SOFTWARE
The software allows to see graphs created in real time during the
test, and to elaborate a test report.
For further details refer to p. 449
